Barbara Kingsolver
American novelist, essayist and poet
21st-century american women writers
E. L. Konigsburg
American writer and illustrator of children’s books and young adult fiction
Jhumpa Lahiri
American author known for her short stories, novels and essays in English, and, more recently, in Italian
Ursula K. Le Guin
American author best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the Earthsea fantasy series
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
German-born British and American Booker prize-winning novelist, short story writer and two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter
Mary Karr
American poet, essayist and memoirist from East Texas
Gillian Flynn
American writer
Jennifer Egan
American novelist and short-story writer
Nora Ephron
American journalist, writer, and filmmaker
Annie Dillard
American author, best known for her narrative prose in both fiction and non-fiction